republican party

Unto them that hath / J.S. Pughe.

Illustration shows an elephant labeled "G.O.P." holding a tambourine labeled "Stand Patism" and handing out free baskets labeled "Tariff Graft" containing a turkey, duck, or chicken to ragged figures labeled "C... More

A petitioning, remonstrating, reforming, republican / R.S., British Ca...

Cartoon shows a "Republican" squatting over an upturned crown, urinating into an upturned bishop's mitre. He supports himself with a staff on which is a liberty cap with the word "liberty" crossed out and "rebe... More

The French Mahomet, British Cartoon Print

Print shows a hunchback named La Reveilliere La Paux standing upon the Republican calendar while supporting symbols of France in one hand and containing it with an iron sceptor in the other hand as Count Lazare... More

This plate is respectfully dedicated to all the butchers in the United...

A procession of butchers led by two Negro fiddlers, and featuring a large bull. On the ground before the bull are a cleaver, saw, and other butcher tools. The print is dedicated to Pennsylvania's recently elec... More

A caucus held at Albany on sunday evening April 11th. 1824 by the N.Y....

A satire condemning the duplicity and conspiracy of the "Bucktail" faction of New York Democrats in their April 1824 ouster of New York's ex-governor DeWitt Clinton from his post as canal commissioner. The Lib... More

Republican anti-caucus ticket. For President John Quincy Adams for Vic...

Electoral ticket for John Quincy Adams, listing 24 Virginia electors. Illus. in: Rare Book Division. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.

Monumental inscriptions!. Book illustration from Library of Congress

An account of six military executions ordered by Gen. Jackson in 1815. During the 1828 presidential election, John Quincy Adams' Federalist proponents created a series of "coffin handbills" aimed at Tennessee ... More

The debilitated situation of a monarchal government . . .

A pointed comparison of French and American governments, prompted by events surrounding American efforts in 1836 to force France to honor spoliation claims for American shipping losses suffered during the Napol... More

Price current - coin, public domain photograph

A satire on William M. Price, federal district attorney of New York who fled to Europe after embezzling from the government approximately $72,000. Price followed coconspirator Samuel Swartwout, former collector... More

[John Sherman, head-and-shoulders portrait, full face]

Republican Representative from Ohio, 1855-1861; Senator, 1861-1877, 1881-1897; U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, 1877-1881. Photographer unidentified. Case: back only, oval frame design. Source unknown. Forms par... More

[Richard Yates, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly left]

Whig Congressman from Illinois, 1851-1855; Republican Governor of Illinois, 1861-1865; Republican Senator from Illinois, 1865-1871.

[Unidentified man, half-length portrait, facing slightly left]

Whig Congressman from Ohio, 1831-1840; Governor of Ohio, 1840-1842; Senator, 1845-1850; U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, 1850-1853; Republican Congressman, 1858-1861. Identified by Owen Blevins 4/2017 based on s... More

See our torn flag still waving - Public domain book illustration

An illustrated sheet music cover glorifying the nativist cause, produced shortly after the bloody anti-Catholic riots in Kensington, Philadelphia, of May 1844. The song was composed and arranged by James W. Po... More

John Sherman, Head and Shoulders Portrait

Drawing is head-and-shoulders portrait of John Sherman (1823-1900), Republican Representative from Ohio, 1855-1861; Senator, 1861-1877, 1881-1897; U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, 1877-1881. The drawing was crea... More

Twenty-four years in power [Reprint from the Boston Journal regarding ...

Republican party. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 244, Folder 28.

Another call for a national convention. We have repeatedly admonished ...

Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 243, Folder 9a.

Gov. Seabrook's quick step - Lithograph, public domain, Library of Con...

A sheet music cover illustrated with an allegorical vignette incorporating the arms of the state of South Carolina. The quickstep was composed by Geo. F. Cole for the Washington Light Infantry and dedicated by ... More

Campaign song. - Public domain broadside, Library of Congress

Handwritten note across top of songsheet: First sung in the loft over Geirson & Walihaus in warehouse, by eh author, in may 1860. Handwritten note under composer credit: afterward Major General in U. S. Army.

A southern peace! Democrats! - Public domain broadside, Library of Con...

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"View of the Iron Mountain" - Public domain portrait print

Mo. Lithograph by L. Gast & Brother, St. Louis. Illus. in: Annual Review. History of St. Louis, Commercial Statistics, Improvements of the Year, and Account of Leading Manufactories, etc., from the Missouri Rep... More

"View of the Pilot Knob" [Mo.] - Public domain book illustration, Libr...

Lithograph by L. Gast & Brother, St. Louis. Illus. in: Annual Review, History of St. Louis, Commercial Statistics, Improvements of the Year, and Account of Leading Manufactories, etc., from the Missouri Republi... More

Honorable George Briggs of N.Y. Mathew Brady photograph of American Ci...

Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Rep. from N.Y.; b. N.Y. 1805; d. in N.Y. 1869; moved to Vt. 1812; elected State H. of R. 1837; took up Residence in N.Y. 1838; M.C. 1849-53 (Whig); elected ... More

Honorable Lafayette Sabine Foster of Connecticut

Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Born 1806; Editor of the "Republican" a Whig newspaper; Mayor of Norwich, Conn.; U.S. Senator; Judge of Supreme Court of Conn.; Pres. Pro-Tem of Senate; Pro... More

Jacob Collamer. Mathew Brady photograph of American Civil War period.

Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Rep. & Senator, Vt.; b. N.Y. 1791; d. Vt. 1865; practiced law Vt. 1813-1833; member State H. of R.; Judge of superior court 1833-1842; Whig in Cong. 1843-49... More

Honorable Jas. Wilson Grimes. Mathew Brady photograph of American Civi...

Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Annotation from negative, scratched into emulsion: E C. Iowa); Sen. from Iowa- B. in Deering, N.H. Oct. 1816; graduated from Hampton Academy, attended Dartm... More

Honorable Giles Waldo Hotchkiss of N.Y

Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. One of the founders of the Republican Party. (A close friend of Lincoln). Credit line: Brady-Handy photograph collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Ph... More

Honorable Preston King of N.Y. Mathew Brady photograph of American Civ...

Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Drowned from a Ferry boat in New York Harbor; Nov. 12, 1865; born 1806; died 1865; Established St. Lawrence "Republican" in 1830; appointed P.M. of Ogdensbu... More

Henry S. Lane. Mathew Brady photograph of American Civil War period.

Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Annotation from negative, scratched into emulsion: H.S. Lane 2nd. Indiana; Delegate to the Republican Convention in Chicago in 1860. Credit line: Brady-Hand... More

Honorable Israel Washburn. Mathew Brady photograph of American Civil W...

Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. M.C. from Maine; Governor of Maine; B. Maine 1813; D. Phila., Pa. 1883; M.C. Maine; Member State H. of R. 1842-1843; elected as Whig & Republican. served fr... More

The grand national fight 2 against 1 fought on the 6th of Nov. 1856 fo...

The familiar metaphor of the presidential contest as a boxing match is invoked once again. (For an earlier example see "Set to Between the Champion Old Tip and the Swell Dutchman of Kinderhook," no. 1836-12.) T... More

Shall I vote for ten cents a day?

Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

To the friends of freedom. Sir: Herewith you will receive a copy of Th...

Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 122, Folder 9.

Hannibal Hamlin, Republican candidate for Vice-President of the United...

Print shows Hannibal Hamlin, half-length portrait, seated. He was Abraham Lincoln's vice-presidential running mate in the 1860 presidential election. Exchange; Jacques Schurre; Jan. 24, 1950.

Honorable William Lewis Stoughton of Mich

Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Annotation from negative, scratched into emulsion: Hon. W.L. Stronghton. Delegate to Republican Nat. Convention at Chicago in 1860; appointed by Lincoln U.S... More

Republican ticket. For President, Abraham Lincoln, For Vice-President,...

Photographic reproduction.

Abraham Lincoln / Fabronius ; lith. & published by Edw. Mendel.

An early campaign portrait of Republican presidential candidate Abraham Lincoln. The bust portrait is based on Samuel M. Fassett's October 1859 photograph of the Illinois Republican. Below it is a small allegor... More

Honorable Hannibal Hamln: Republican candidate for vice president of t...

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 3139

Free territory for a free people

A proof, printed on paper, for a small campaign badge or banner for 1860 Republican candidates Abraham Lincoln and Hannibal Hamlin. The badge has interesting similarities to "Lincoln and Hamlin" (no. 1860-10), ... More

Honorable William Henry Koontz of Pa - Public domain portrait print

Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Annotation from negative, scratched into emulsion: Hon. Koontz. Delegate to Republican National Convention at Chicago 1860. Credit line: Brady-Handy photogr... More

Letters of acceptance from Abraham Lincoln and Hannibal Hamlin, indors...

Picryl description: Public domain book scan - American Civil War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Republican ticket. Liberty and Union. [New Hampshire Campaign ticket].

Picryl description: Public domain American history related, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Lincoln quick step - Public domain portrait photograph

Campaign sheet music for the Lincoln candidacy. The cover illustration features an oval bust portrait of Republican nominee Abraham Lincoln, surrounded by vignettes and motifs recalling his early backwoods car... More

Honorable Washington Townsend of Pa - Public domain portrait photograp...

Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Annotation from negative, scratched into emulsion: Hon. Townsend. Delegate to Republican Convention at Chicago in 1860. Credit line: Brady-Handy photograph ... More

Honorable Abraham Lincoln: of Illinois, national Republican candidate ...

Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The Young Men's Republican Union, organized in 1856 as the Young Men's...

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Honorable Richard Yates of Ill - Public domain portrait photograph

Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Lincoln Pallbearer; Delegate to Republican Nat. Convention at Chicago in 1860. Credit line: Brady-Handy photograph collection, Library of Congress, Prints a... More

Dear sir: We will furnish for $1 sixteen copies of Mr. Lincoln's addre...

Honorable Carl Schurz of Missouri - Public domain portrait photograph

Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Annotation from negative, scratched into emulsion: Gen. Schurz. Delegate to Republican National Convention at Chicago 1860; General U.S. Army. Credit line: ... More

Honorable Solomon Newton Pettis of PA

Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Annotation from negative, scratched into emulsion: Pettis. M.C.; b. Ohio 1827; d. Pa. 1900; began practice law in Pa. 1848; Asso. Justice for the Territory ... More

Honorable Chas. Pomeroy of Iowa - Public domain portrait photograph

Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Fragment found during caption keying is housed in separate sleeve. Annotation from negative, glass side, top: torn, illegible. M.C.; Presidential elector on... More

National republican platform. Adopted by the National Republican Conve...

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The Republicans in nominating co[nv]ent[ion] in their wigwam at Chicag...

Crowd of mostly women watching Republican convention from upper gallery of a large hall. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 4, no. 177 (1860 May 19), pp. 312-313.

Honorable Henry Winslow Corbett of Oregon

Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Annotation from negative, scratched into emulsion: Sen. Corbett. Delegate to Republican National Convention at Chicago in 1860. Credit line: Brady-Handy pho... More

Howard, Honorable Jacob Merritt of Mich. Drew up platform of the first...

Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Annotation from negative, scratched into emulsion: 5215, 19, Jacob Merritt Howard. Credit line: Brady-Handy photograph collection, Library of Congress, Prin... More

Republican nominations. Lincoln & Hamlin ticket. [Massachusetts campai...

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An Heir to the throne. - Public domain portrait print

Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Honorable Abraham Lincoln: Republican candidate for sixteenth presiden...

Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The Ship of State. A Republican song.

Republican and democratic tickets. [Illinois campaign ticket]

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Honorable T.M. Pomeroy of N.Y - Public domain portrait print

Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Annotation from negative, scratched into emulsion: T.M. Pomeroy. Delegate to Republican Nat. Convention at Chicago in 1860. Credit line: Brady-Handy photogr... More

Howard. Honorable Jacob Merritt of Mich. Drew up platform of the first...

A black and white photo of a man in a suit. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The City of Chicago, Illinois, where the Republican Nominating Convent...

Bird's-eye view of Chicago, Illinois. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1860 May 12, p. 292.

[Illinois election ticket]. For president. Abraham Lincoln. Vice Presi...

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Honorable Burton Chauncey Cook of Ill

Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Annotation from negative, glass side, top: Hn. Cook Cabe. Delegate to Republican Convention in Chicago in 1860; seconded the nomination of A. Lincoln; nomin... More

Cooke's campaign songs, as sung by Cooke's New York Glee Club.

Picryl description: Public domain musical notation page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Our political snake-charmer. 19th century, Library of Congress collect...

British political cartoon shows Stephen Douglas with snakes labeled with the political positions: Old Line (Whig), American, So. American, Anti-Lecompton, Democrat, and Republican. Stephens says, "You perceive,... More

Lincoln & Hamlin. Ward 5. Republican ticket. [Massachusetts campaign ...

Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Grand procession of Wide-Awakes at New York on the evening of October ...

Illus. in: Harper's Weekly, v. 4, (1860 October 13), p.648-649. File print in LOT 4406 (1860). Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Caption card tracings: NY NYC Streets; NY NYC Squares; P... More

Lincoln & Johnson. National Union ticket. [Massachusetts campaign tick...

Picryl description: Public domain book scan - American Civil War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Political chart. Presidential campaign, 1860

Campaign broadside presenting portraits and platforms of all candidates as well as portraits of the 15 previous Presidents.

Honest old Abe on the Stump. Springfield 1858. Honest old Abe on the S...

A caricature of Abraham Lincoln, probably appearing soon after his nomination as Republican presidential candidate. The artist contrasts Lincoln's modest posture at the Illinois Republican state convention in S... More

"Dick, hold fast, and see the salvation of god." [Massachusetts campai...

Specimen ballot issued for the 22nd District of Massachusetts (Republican). Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl... More

Honorable Reuben Eaton Fenton of N.Y

Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Annotation from negative, scratched into emulsion: Ex Senator Ruleen E. Fenton. One of the Founders of the Republican Party. Credit line: Brady-Handy photog... More

Republican ticket. Lincoln & Hamlin. [Connecticut campaign ticket]

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A Cure for republican lock-jaw.

[Civil War envelope showing sailor labeled "Victory" holding American ...

Addressed to Miss Alla N. Bates, Republican Office, Springfield, Mass.; bears 3 cent stamp; illegible postmark. Notation on recto: Soldiers letter. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2012; (DLC/PP-2012:127) pp/liljmem

A cure for Republican lockjaw - Drawing. Public domain image.

The artist portrays congressional efforts to pass the Crittenden Compromise as an antidote to Republican intransigence on the slavery issue. (For an earlier anti-North satire relating to the compromise, see "Co... More

Meeting of loyal citizens. - Alfred Whital Stern collection of Lincoln...

From the Oliver R. Barrett Collection

The great American What is it? chased by Copper-heads

An anti-Lincoln satire, showing the Republican incumbent and his supporters menaced by giant "Copperheads" (Peace Democrats). After a speech on May 1, 1863, asserting that the Civil War was being fought to fre... More

The old Union wagon - Lithograph, public domain, Library of Congress

An ambivalent but essentially pro-Lincoln illustration appearing on a song by John Hogarth Lozier, dedicated to the composer's "Comrades the 37th Indiana Regiment and all who love Our Brave Soldier Boys." Linc... More

The pending conflict, Confederate States of America.

One of three similar prints published by Oliver Evans Woods, reflecting grave northern fears of British and French interference on behalf of the Confederacy in the Civil War. (See also "The Pending Conflict" an... More

Republican invincibles - Public domain portrait print

Political campaign button for 1864 presidential election showing bust portrait of Abraham Lincoln, facing right (possibly Wenderoth & Taylor photo); metal shield with oval window and with pin fastener attached.... More

For President of the United States of America, For the term commencing...

Handwritten at bottom, "This vote was given by me at the electoral college December 7, 1864. A. Hale.

Union ticket. Fifth congressional district. [Maryland campaign ticket]

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The Republican court in the days of Lincoln

Description of painting by P.F. Rothermel. Illus. in: Rare Book Collection - Broadside portfolio 127, no. 47. Reference copy may be in Pres. File - LINCOLN, ABRAHAM - INAUGURATION (1864). This record contains u... More

Union Republican ticket. Abraham Lincoln, of Illinois, for President. ...

Globe surmounted by U. S. flag, and labeled "our country", floating in a body of water.

[Massachusetts Union ticket]. Stand by the President!

The words "Republican Union ticket" printed within a vignette of American flags.

National Union ticket. For President Abraham Lincoln. For Vice Preside...

"War poster issued by Board of Publication, 1864" Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Think before you vote! November 8, 1864.

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After a little while - Public domain book illustration, Library of Con...

A pro-Republican campaign print casting Lincoln as peacemaker, and as the hope for reconciliation between the North and South. The top half of the composition represents the North and the bottom the South. In... More

Lincoln and Johnson Union Ticket. One flag, one country, one governmen...

Election poster.

Republican union ticket. [Massachusetts campaign ticket].

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Union ticket. Against new constitution.

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Union republican ticket. Ward 10. [Massachusetts campaign ticket]

Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[California National Union ticket]. Rally round the [flag] boys!

California ticket for Lincoln and Johnson. With flag vignette.

Ohio Union Presidential ticket. [Ohio campaign ticket]

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Hunter, Honorable Morton Craig of Ind. Presidential elector on the Rep...

Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Annotation from negative, inked on emulsion: 775; scratched into emulsion: Gen. Hunter, 29342 [crossed out], 116 [crossed out], 773; penciled on emulsion: 3... More

Maxwell, General George R. of Utah (not in uniform)

Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Annotation from negative, inked on emulsion: Gen. Geo. R. Maxwell, 30712, 538 [crossed out], 373. Credit line: Brady-Handy photograph collection, Library of... More

Ferry, Honorable Thomas White of Mich. Delegate to the Republican Nati...

A man with a long beard in a suit. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Davis, Honorable George R. of Ill. Capt. in 8th Massachusetts. Vol. In...

Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Annotation from negative, scratched into emulsion: 1956, George R Davis, Ex M.C. Illinois, 890 [crossed out]; penciled on emulsion: 32606 [crossed out]. Cre... More